Nevada Appeal

Goldfield Part 3: Historic treasures found on town’s side streets

Finishing up with our tour of Goldfield, we head off the main boulevard (Crook Street/U.S. 95) and wander the side streets of this historic mining town, which is located about 200 miles south of ...
Nevada Appeal

Goldfield Part 1: Site remains one of Nevada’s most fascinating neo-ghost towns

The story of Nevada’s 19th and early 20th century boom and bust mining towns is told in the dusty streets of the historic community of Goldfield. At its peak in 1907, Goldfield had a population of ...
Islands.com on MSN

An Underrated Preserved Ghost Town In Nevada Offers A Historic Glimpse Into The Gold Rush Era

While Nevada boasts bustling destinations like Las Vegas and underrated cities with less chaotic gambling scenes like Reno, ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Goldfield historians hope to keep town alive through tourism, preservation

GOLDFIELD — As John Ekman walked through Goldfield during its annual Goldfield Days celebration, he recalled a time when the town’s population was 100 times larger and gold was king. Goldfield, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nevada’s Living and Abandoned Ghost Towns

These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Goldfield basks in the past

This former boomtown’s roaring history is so loud it’s easy to forget that perhaps the best way to enjoy Esmeralda County is simply to listen to the desert wind and the ocean of silence that exist ...
The New York Times

ROOSEVELT ORDERS TROOPS TO GOLDFIELD; Nevada Miners Have Arms and Will Likely Resist Reopening of Mines. FEAR RIOT AND BLOODSHED Gov. Sparks's Request Causes Surprise, as ...

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